Free Pet Food Resources
Feeding Our Fur Babies One Food Pantry At A Time
Stress daily with a lack of food is challenging in itself, but what about the animals we have as pets? Let us not forget the beloved pets that we have. Many pantries across the world have food just for our fur babies.
What does the Bible say about such things?
The only possible example of a pet owner is the poor man in Nathan’s parable, a man who “had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him” (2 Samuel 12:3).
Psalm 147:9 tells us that God is concerned for all His creation, including the animals He created: “He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.”
In Psalm 104:21, we see that “the lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God”; it is implied that God feeds them.
Also, in Luke 12:6 Jesus says, “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.”
If God cares for the animals, so should we. In fact, it is God’s care for animals that most fully explains our desire to have pets. God created mankind in His image (Genesis 1:27), and we have inherited the part of God’s nature that cares for animals.
At the very beginning, God blessed the people He had made and commanded them, “Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:28).
Most of the Pet Banks partner and distribute directly out of “human” food banks because:
1) they have an established relationship with the neighborhood,
2) we can leverage their administrative processes and their buildings, and
3) the availability of pet food helps to ensure that the already limited “human” food is reserved for the humans and pets receive balanced meals.
The work behind the scenes includes soliciting pet food donations, storing the pet food, increasing awareness of the pet food bank, engaging volunteers, and distributing the donated/discounted pet food to families-in-need with pets during multiple monthly pet food banks in the most of the USA.
Here is just a small list of the MAIN Pet Food Banks and Pantries in the USA.
You can always Google for more honed-down results that fit your geographic area. Simply use the keywords: Pet Food Pantries in (your town, county, country or state)
1. https://www.pethelpfinder.org/m/phf/240
Find Financially Friendly Pet Resources, Veterinary care, spay & neuter clinics, vaccines, pet supplies, pet food assistance, and more.
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2. https://www.alleycat.org/
Alley Cat Allies is the leader of the global movement to protect and improve cats’ lives. Through our cutting-edge programs and fearless advocacy, we champion the humane treatment of all cats and kittens.
We work toward a world where every cat is valued and protected and every community and shelter has policies and programs to defend them.
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3. https://animalfoodbank.org/ – In Canada
Sixty-six percent of clients surveyed in 2022 said they no longer had to choose between feeding themselves or their pets because we exist. Fifty-six percent said they no longer had to worry about surrendering their pets because we exist. The work we do is an important step in the prevention of unnecessary surrender of pets to already overcrowded shelters, and reduces stress on pet guardians and their pets in need.